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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 BPT Challenge Itapema
April 6 - 9, 2023

(16, Q3) Liliana Fernandez/Paula Soria, Spain

Liliana Fernández Steiner
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 4, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Benidorm

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

74 kg (163 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

156

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$486,259.25

Paula Soria Gutiérrez
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 31, 1993 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Orihuela

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$61,149.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	Money
FIVB	25	2	0	1	0	6	0	2	2	3	4	5	0	US$56,584.80

Previous Itapema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Elsa Baquerizo - 9th	Did not play
2019	Elsa Baquerizo - 9th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/22-26/2023	Elite16 Tepic	16, Q11	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	3/16-19/2023	La Paz Challenge	13	19th	300	US$1,000.00

Challenge Itapema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/6/2023	Qualifier 1	Larissa Gomes / Carolina Sallaberry, Brazil (Q30)	Won 21-10, 21-15	0:31
Thu, 4/6/2023	Qualifier 2	Katarzyna Kociolek / Marta Lodej, Poland (Q19)	Won 21-19, 24-22	0:44
Fri, 4/7/2023	Pool D	Isabel Schneider / Julia Sude, Germany (9)	Lost 18-21, 18-21	0:38
Fri, 4/7/2023	Pool D	Andressa Cavalcanti / Vitoria De Souza, Brazil (4)	Lost 14-21, 15-21	0:31

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	0	$10,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	13	0	0	1	0	6	0	1	0	5	0	0	$37,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
Total	25	2	0	1	0	6	0	2	2	12	0	0	$56,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Liliana Fernandez												Paula Soria
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	$23,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$13,500.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
69	0	2	1	2	15	19	19	7	0	$321,975.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	18	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	2	0	$11,250.00
68	0	3	2	1	13	16	16	9	0	$125,950.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	43	0	0	1	2	7	3	10	7	0	$37,212.50
2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	15	4	3	0	1	3	2	1	0	0	$8,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00	Satellite
											U23 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
156	2	5	3	4	30	45	39	16	0	$486,025.00	Total	86	4	3	1	4	12	9	23	9	0	$60,212.50

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2023	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$7,000.00	4	7	36.4 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$7,000.00	4	7	36.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Liliana Fernandez													Paula Soria
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00	2007	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2007	FIVB Age Group WC
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	$3,700.00	2008	FIVB
11	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	3	$15,525.00	2009	FIVB
12	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	1	4	$23,050.00	2010	FIVB
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
14	0	0	0	1	3	4	3	3	0	$47,325.00	2011	FIVB
											2011	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$0.00
10	0	1	0	0	2	2	4	1	0	$38,500.00	2012	FIVB
11	0	1	1	0	2	4	2	1	0	$45,075.00	2013	FIVB
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
9	0	1	0	2	3	3	0	0	0	$92,000.00	2014	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	$2,850.00
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
12	0	0	0	0	4	6	1	1	0	$58,750.00	2015	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	4	$3,087.50
15	0	2	1	0	3	5	2	2	0	$76,250.00	2016	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	$2,400.00
8	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	1	1	$15,000.00	2018	FIVB	6	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	$1,750.00
12	0	0	0	0	4	5	3	0	0	$35,000.00	2019	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	7	$6,000.00
											2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$3,000.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	$7,500.00	2021	FIVB	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	$4,000.00
											2022	FIVB	7	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	$5,400.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$3,500.00	2023	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$3,500.00
134	0	5	2	4	24	42	29	16	12	$461,275.00	Total	Total	58	2	2	0	4	6	6	11	7	20	$31,987.50

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	30	66.7%	8	17.8%	7	15.6%	38-7	84.4%	7	19.4%	1	2.8%	28	77.8%	7-29	19.4%	30-28	51.7%	15-8	65.2%	1	3	46-39	54.1%
2022-2023	23	74.2%	4	12.9%	4	12.9%	27-4	87.1%	2	10.5%	0	0.0%	17	89.5%	2-17	10.5%	23-17	57.5%	6-4	60.0%	0	0	29-21	58.0%
Against the Field	5	38.5%	4	30.8%	4	30.8%	9-4	69.2%	2	11.1%	0	0.0%	16	88.9%	2-16	11.1%	10-28	26.3%	12-8	60.0%	0	2	11-20	35.5%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	12
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	7	0	12	14	1	1	8	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	29	23
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	9	0
Total	0	0	11	6	19	22	1	1	10	9	2	1	1	0	2	0	46	39

Head to Head Results
Fernandez/Soria trail the series against the field 4-5 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Salgado/Seixas, Brazil 0-1
3/23/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool A	Salgado/Seixas	8	Fernandez/Soria	16, Q11	21-18, 21-16	0:39
Trail the series against # 4 Cavalcanti/De Souza, Brazil 0-1
4/7/23	FIVB	Challenge Itapema	Pool D	Cavalcanti/De Souza	4	Fernandez/Soria	16, Q3	21-14, 21-15	0:31
Lead the series against # 8 Ahtiainen/Lahti, Finland 1-0
3/22/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Qualifier 1	Fernandez/Soria	16, Q11	Ahtiainen/Lahti	Q6	38-36, 21-14	0:51
Trail the series against # 9 Schneider/Sude, Germany 0-1
4/7/23	FIVB	Challenge Itapema	Pool D	Schneider/Sude	9	Fernandez/Soria	16, Q3	21-18, 21-18	0:38
Trail the series against # 13 Harward/Kolinske, United States 0-1
3/17/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Pool A	Harward/Kolinske	12	Fernandez/Soria	13	11-21, 22-20, 15-13	0:50
Lead the series against # 14 Lin/Zeng, China 1-0
3/22/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Qualifier 2	Fernandez/Soria	16, Q11	Lin/Zeng	Q14	21-18, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # Q19 Kociolek/Lodej, Poland 1-0
4/6/23	FIVB	Challenge Itapema	Qualifier 2	Fernandez/Soria	16, Q3	Kociolek/Lodej	Q19	21-19, 24-22	0:44
Trail the series against # Q22 Paulikiene/Raupelyte, Lithuania 0-1
3/17/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Pool A	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	24, Q24	Fernandez/Soria	13	24-22, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # Q30 Gomes/Sallaberry, Brazil 1-0
4/6/23	FIVB	Challenge Itapema	Qualifier 1	Fernandez/Soria	16, Q3	Gomes/Sallaberry	Q30	21-10, 21-15	0:31